Jimmy Smits

Jimmy Smits is a Golden Globe and Emmy-winning American actor best known for his roles in NYPD Blue, L.A. Law, The West Wing and the new drama Cane.

He earned a BA from Brooklyn College and an MFA from Cornell University. He helped found the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts.

1. 1986: Running Scared
2. 1991: Switch
3. 1995: My Family
4. 2002: Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
5. 2005: Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
6. 2007: The Jane Austen Book Club

• Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.

• July 9, 1955: born

• 1984: Miami Vice

• 1986: Spenser: For Hire

• 1986-92: L.A. Law

• 1987: Stamp of a Killer

• 1990: Wins an Emmy Award for L.A. Law

• 1994-2004: NYPD Blue

• 1995: Solomon & Sheba

• 1996: Wins a Golden Globe Award for NYPD Blue

• 1997: Murder in Mind

• 2002: Star Wars: Episode II-Attack of the Clones

• 2004-2006: The West Wing

• 2006: ALMA Award for The West Wing

• 2007: Cane

• 2008: Dexter